Forum software has been updated

[5555624]

I had no problems with IE, other than I had to log in. With Opera (11.10), I had to log in and I got an error message about an invalid redirect link. Logging in a second time worked, although it seemed to take a long time.

[PotomacCyclist]

Any way to shrink the size of the “Post Thanks/Like” feature? It takes up an additional line below every single post of each thread. A drop-down box within the message would be cleaner and take up less screen space.

There’s also a weird wrap-around bug. When I type in the message box and the text reaches the end of the line, the word will split apart, with part of the word on line 1 and the rest of the word in line 2. Once I post the message, the “split” word shows up normally. It looks very odd.

[5555624]

Logging in this morning, using iE, I got an error:

vBulletin Message
Invalid Redirect URL (http://www.bikearlingtonforum.com/forum.php?)

[DCLiz]

Is there any way for the “What’s New” feature to always show you threads with messages that you haven’t read? Sometimes, I have been reading “What’s New” and when I click on it again to return to the list of threads, all of the threads have disappeared. Other times, I am reading “What’s New” in the morning over coffee, but if I don’t get through all of them, I can’t see the remainder at work. Not sure if this has been resolved in the new version or not.

[CCrew]

@DCLiz 6497 wrote:

Is there any way for the “What’s New” feature to always show you threads with messages that you haven’t read? Sometimes, I have been reading “What’s New” and when I click on it again to return to the list of threads, all of the threads have disappeared. Other times, I am reading “What’s New” in the morning over coffee, but if I don’t get through all of them, I can’t see the remainder at work. Not sure if this has been resolved in the new version or not.

That’s actually a session timeout value between the client (you) and the server. After a given number of screen refreshes it considers all the threads updated. Best way to escape that is to close the browser if you walk away. It’s not really so much of a bug as it is an operational “assumption” that after 20 minutes or so you’ve read all the threads.

(While I don’t run this site I do several MUCH bigger ones – the answer isn’t just because I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night )

[Dirt]

I like the new “Like” button thingie on each post. Kinda cool.

[Joe Chapline]

Thanks for the feedback. Thanks to CCrew for answering some questions. I emailed 5555624 to see if there’s still a problem logging in — that’s the most serious problem that’s been reported. Responses to other questions:

PotomacCyclist: Any way to shrink the size of the “Post Thanks/Like” feature?
No, at least not at my skill level. It picks up the styles from the top lines of the post, there are no separate style controls. I also spent some time trying to move the “Like” feature closer to the post it goes with, and have a larger space between posts. I haven’t found a way to do that.

WillStewart: Is there a Firefox ‘switch’ that can be thrown?
It works in Firefox for Mac. CCrew indicated it works in newer versions of Firefox. There are no browser compatibility settings I can change.

Steve the tech: Is the signature feature new?
I don’t see any signatures, but we have always had the option to display signatures. I don’t think it’s enabled, because it’s attractive to spammers.
And autosave? I think that’s new.
Where’s auto save go? I imagine it’s cached on your computer somewhere; not sure. I don’t know how we would access it, perhaps there’s a prompt when something goes wrong.

[Joe Chapline]

My own question: Does anyone know what the blue icon is for, the icon above each post? That’s a space-waster. And a complaint: There’s already a new version of the forum software out. They didn’t let us be up to date for even one day.

[CCrew]

@Joe Chapline 6504 wrote:

My own question: Does anyone know what the blue icon is for, the icon above each post? That’s a space-waster. And a complaint: There’s already a new version of the forum software out. They didn’t let us be up to date for even one day.

It’s the default icon for the post title. I know that you have the ability to title an individual post (I just did), and it displays for the title. I attached one to see if it changed. Effectively the “Post Icons” at the bottom of the reply when you reply in advanced formatting mode versus quick reply. That may be something you need to turn on or off in the back end. Been a while since I’ve been in the admin back end of this software.

Or it might be one of the “fixes” in the new version.. LOL

[Joe Chapline]

@CCrew 6508 wrote:

It’s the default icon for the post title. I know that you have the ability to title an individual post (I just did), and it displays for the title. I attached one to see if it changed. Effectively the “Post Icons” at the bottom of the reply when you reply in advanced formatting mode versus quick reply. That may be something you need to turn on or off in the back end. Been a while since I’ve been in the admin back end of this software.

Or it might be one of the “fixes” in the new version.. LOL

Thanks CCrew — that makes sense. There’s a placeholder icon whether there’s a title or not. I’ve noticed that the title field is hardly ever used for posts; only for new threads.

[CCrew]

@Joe Chapline 6510 wrote:

Thanks CCrew — that makes sense. There’s a placeholder icon whether there’s a title or not. I’ve noticed that the title field is hardly ever used for posts; only for new threads.

Just changed it to “none” to see if it’s a display bug. If it has one when I click submit it’s not honoring the “None” choice. Then it’s a bug

Edit: Yup. It’s a bug. I have “No Icon” explicitly selected

[StopMeansStop]

This seems to be more of a reputation system then a comment rating, no?

Edit.. Nvm. Though most “like” systems put the like at the bottom of the post

[CCrew]

Joe..

If you change http://bikearlingtonforum.com/images/icons/icon1.png to a 1 pixel transparent image you’ll lose that icon

[Joe Chapline]

@StopMeansStop 6516 wrote:

This seems to be more of a reputation system then a comment rating, no?

Edit.. Nvm. Though most “like” systems put the like at the bottom of the post

There are two displays associated with the “like” feature. Above the post, there’s information about the person who posted it, and that includes the number of “Likes” he/she has given and received. I will see if I can hide that, that’s a feature we didn’t ask for. Below the post, it should show a list of members who “liked” the post. The way I think it’s going to work, there won’t be a number displayed for “likes,” as there is in Facebook. Instead there will be a list. We’ll still be able to quickly see if there are a lot of “likes,” without having to actually read the names. I prefer the Facebook way (maybe because that’s what I’m used to), but this is the closest thing we’ve found that’s available to us.

I notice that when I’m logged out, the “likes” at the bottom do not display. I might be able to change that if there’s a reason to, but I’m fine with it being there only for members.

Forgot to mention… there is a way to keep track of reputation points in vBulletin, but we’re not using it. If we were using it, the new “like” feature could be set to add reputation points. It doesn’t affect reputation now.

[Joe Chapline]

@CCrew 6517 wrote:

Joe..

If you change http://bikearlingtonforum.com/images/icons/icon1.png to a 1 pixel transparent image you’ll lose that icon

I can do that. I have a feeling it won’t collapse the space for the title, but maybe it will. It might look better anyway.

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